Ed TV Page #4
- Year:
- 2011
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MARCIA:
(points to Ed)
What does that have to do with... ?
RAY:
If they keep Ed on for one full
month, he gets a balloon payment.
Ed nods.
Pause.
RAY (CONT'D)
I borrow
against that now, at the bank. Buy
the business. And Ed becomes a
silent partner. Now here's the
beauty part. While we're on TV I
plug the sh*t out of the business.
Free advertising.
AL:
How about sex?
A STUNNED pause. They all look at Al.
ED:
I'11 have to pass, Al. And it's
not an age thing --
AL:
No! Do they show you having sex?
ED:
No. Kissing and
hugging, okay, but if it's actual
sex they have to cut away.
AL:
At what point?
ED:
At the point -- I
don't -- Look you'd be on TV maybe
one or two times each. I'11 try to
avoid I'11 go out of my way to
avoid, getting together with you.
Believe me.
WE HEAR:
A loud drilling sound.CUT TO:
15 INT. ED'S APARTMENT - DAY
A WORKMAN is drilling a hole in the wall.
Ed is there with a TV CREW. They're running cable and drilling holes and
examining the apartment.
Cynthia is going around supervising. Ray and Shari are there. Ray is
fascinated. Ed is tense. Shari is observant. Ray separates from Ed
and Shari and asks one of the Installers a technical question.
SHARI AND ED:
Ed thinks.
Ed joins Cynthia.
SHARI:
Are you sure about this?
ED:
Hey, believe me -1 know I've got a great chance of
making a fool of myself, here.
SHARI:
Why do it?
ED:
I saw this show once.
It was about logging. I was home
sick, there was nothing else on. Do
you know how they break up really
bad log jams? You know, when they're
really tangled... ?
SHARI:
Cream rinse?
ED:
(laughs)
Dynamite.
SHARI:
So?
ED:
So maybe this is my dynamite.
SHARI:
Dynamite is dangerous.
CYNTHIA:
Ed, can I see you a second.
ED:
(to Shari)
Excuse me.
CYNTHIA:
Okay, so you
understand? We're installing a
permanent camera in your bedroom,
one in the kitchen, one in the
living room, plus, of course,
there'll always be a couple of
steady-cams following you.
ED:
(overwhelmed)
Cool.
CYNTHIA:
I want you to take this.
She gives him a card.
CYNTHIA (CONT'D)
That has my work number, my home
number, my pager number. I sleep
three hours a night. Call me
whenever you want to talk. Off the
air, on the air, whenever. Okay?
ED:
(barely listening)
Um, yeah -- thanks.
Ed looks kind of overwhelmed. She doesn't like this.
CYNTHIA:
Now look. Don't
freeze up on me. I picked you
because you had kind of a relaxed,
go-with-the-flow quality. You're not
going to lose that, are you?
ED:
No, uh...
CYNTHIA:
I bet my career on you. You'd
better be good.
ED:
(annoyed)
Don't say that. That's like...
telling a guy before you have sex
you'd better be good. You don't do
that.
CYNTHIA:
I do.
Ed reacts.
ED:
Oh.
16 INT. ED'S BEDROOM - NIGHT
He's in bed, watching TV. The news is on. He glances up at one of
the cameras. On the news, they go to a story about him.
ENTERTAINMENT REPORTER
Tomorrow morning, the cable
channel known
as Real TV, begins broadcasting
one of the most heavily promoted
concepts in the history of cable
television. In an experiment that
they say will last at least a month.
They're going to follow -- live -
every waking minute of a thirty-one
year old video store clerk from
Paramus New Jersey. The Real TV
press release on this promises that
none of it will be scripted, none of
it will be edited and in my opinion,
none of it will be interesting. we're
all just supposed to sit in front of
our TV's and watch this guy... live.
(rhymes with "give")
ANCHOR:
(to the Entertainment Reporter)
What would be the interest here?
What would... get people to tune in?
ENTERTAINMENT REPORTER
Betas me.
SIDEKICK:
I don't know. I might check it out.
ANCHOR:
Well, Len's
here to check out sports. Len,
would you watch this video clerk?
LEN:
They all CRUCKLE.
17 INT. CYNTHIA'S APARTMENT - NIGHT
She's watching the same show. She's edgy.
She's CRACKING her KNUCKLES.
TV SCREEN:
LEN:
Speaking of disasters, at the
Meadowlands tonight...
The set goes off. Ed, once again, stares up at the camera.
FADE TO BLACK:
FADE IN:
18 INT. CONTROL TRUCK
Written on the screen -- "Day one."
A DIRECTOR and TECHNICAL CREW with all the modern equipment.
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR
Here we go. Ten-nine-eight-seven-
Cynthia and her staff are gathered to watch the show begin
They're TENSE and EXCITED. A commercial is on.
20 INT. TRUCK
21 INT. OFFICE
A.D.
two... one.
On the TV, the commercial ends and the Real TV logo appears.
A CRAWL BEGINS:
It says "The following is unedited, unscripted, and unrehearsed. It
is the real life of one American citizen named Ed Pekurny."
The logo fades away and we see Ed, in bed, sleeping. His ALARM RINGS
and he wakes up.
He's groggy from sleep. Instinctively, he begins SCRATCHING his
balls. As he does, it hits him that this is not a normal
morning. He looks up and sees two steady-cam guys at the foot of his
bed, aiming their cameras at him. Ed, then, looks at his hand on his
balls. Gently, he moves his hand away.
22 INT. OFFICE
KEITH:
(mock cheerful)
Well, we're off to a great start.
NOTE:
The camera operators will change in shifts. We'11 seeabout four regulars over the course of the film. The one we
will see most often is shooting Ed right now. His name is
CARLOS.
23 INT. BEDROOM
Ed, wearing shorts and a T-shirt, gets out of bed. His hair is
sticking up. He passes a mirror and notices his hair.
ED:
Oh, great.
He turns to the camera and seems about to offer an excuse
for his appearance, but, then, just moves on.
ED (CONT'D)
Excuse me.
He grabs some clothes and enters the bathroom.
24 INT. OFFICE
They're not enjoying this. Everyone's staring at Cynthia. She
doesn't flinch.
NOTE:
Silent advertising runs along the bottom of the screen.25 INT. KITCHEN - A FEW MINUTES LATER
Ed enters, dressed and showered. The Steady-cam is in his
face.
Ed is tight. He's much less comfortable than he expected to
be. He smiles stiffly at the camera. He's misplaced his
natural charm.
He gets a box of Pop-tarts out of the freezer. As he does,
other stuff falls out of the freezer on to the floor. He's
embarrassed. He bends down to pick things up, showing his ass
to the camera.
26 INT. OFFICE
GREG:
(to Cynthia)
Start clearing a place for your Emmy.
27 INT. KITCHEN - A LITTLE LATER
Ed is sitting up on the kitchen counter eating his Pop-tarts and
a bowl of cereal.
ED:
(nervously)
Same people like
to put the milk in first and then
the cereal. I like to put in the
milk first - I mean the cereal first
and then the milk. Yeah, that's it.
Now, watch this.
He takes a KNIFE and a BANANA. He peels the banana. He holds the
knife, blade up, over the cereal and chops down on it with the
banana, several times, rapidly, slicing it into the cereal. He's
proud of this.
28 INT. RAY'S APARTMENT
Ray is watching the show. His head is in his hands. He's
horrified by how bad Ed is.
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